Some people might hate my new film, says Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley has warned that some audiences may "absolutely hate" her new
film Anna Karenina.

Keira Knightley and Jude Law attend the world premiere of Anna Karenina at the Odeon Leicester Square in LondonPhoto: Reuters

6:00AM BST 05 Sep 2012

Knightley made the frank comments as she appeared in a stunning peach lace Chanel dress and metallic belt for the film's premiere in London's Leicester Square last night.

The 27-year-old plays the title character in the Tolstoy adaptation by Tom Stoppard, directed by Joe Wright. Jude Law plays her cuckolded husband Karenin while Aaron Taylor-Johnson is her lover Vronsky.

Keira Knightley in the film Anna Karenina

But she told a newspaper: "It is deeply, deeply risky. There's no two ways about it. I think some people will go and see this and absolutely hate it and want something different.

"But I think people will also go 'wow'. Because certainly there aren't films being made like this right now."

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Knightley told the Daily Mail: "Playing Anna was absolutely terrifying, because it is a role that has been played so many times and exercises a fascination over so many people."

Meanwhile the actress also revealed that she had intimidated her co-stars with the amount of study she did to play Anna Karenina. She revealed during filming her copy of the novel became filled with Post-it notes.

Keira Knightley in the film Anna Karenina

Knightley said: "I'm very into stationary. I think I frightened all the boys because I'd done so much homework. Or rather they could at least see the homework I'd done because I go for colourful Post-it notes. It terrified them."

Much of the film was shot at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, which was transformed to look like a dilapidated 19th century theatre.